Thanks to its advantageous geographic location, Shanghai has today become an excellent sea and river port, boasting easy accesses to a vast hinterland. It has a delightful climate with four distinct seasons and generous sunshine.

The average annual temperature is 17.6 degrees Celsius and the annual rainfall is 1,302 millimeters. Its total area is 6,340.5 sq.km., of which the Pudong New Area occupies 523 sq.km. Its total population is over 16 million (including the floating population).

With a tremendous success achieved in reform and development, Shanghai has turned itself into an open, fashionable and dynamic me... read more